Where does “אי־שוויון” come from?

אי־שוויון (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew אי, from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- — Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc.

אי־שוויון (Hebrew): Inequality: a disparity between two groups; An...

Definitions

  1. Inequality: a disparity between two groups; An...

Ancestry of “אי־שוויון”, step by step

אי־שוויון traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew אי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewאיAn island; Egyptian jackal; not
2Proto-Semitic*ʔayy-Used to form questions: which, what, when, where, how, etc

via Hebrew שוויון

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשוויוןequality, sameness
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- →Every word from Hebrew אי →